Elderly man taken to hospital after coughing overnight, Boca Raton FL
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, paramedics transported a 77-year-old man to Boca Raton Regional Hospital after he experienced persistent coughing overnight following a recent hospital discharge for lung infection and aspiration concerns.
Audio|Heard on: Palm Beach FL Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
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Go ahead. Boca Raton Regional Rescue 5A, we're currently en route with a 77-year-old male.
00:06
Patient was released from your facility on Sunday due to a possible lung infection as well as a mass secondary to aspiration.
00:15
Patient was sent home.
00:18
(Name withheld) stated that she feels the patient shouldn't have been sent home, but said last night he was coughing throughout the night.
00:29
Patient.
00:30
Nonverbal baseline, normal per (name withheld).
00:32
Vitals are stable.
00:33
Twelve and fifteen performed with no elevation.
00:36
Sugar is good. Blood pressure is good.
00:38
Doesn't meet our sepsis criteria.
00:39
We'll give you more upon arrival unless you require any further.
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Location mentioned:
Meadows Rd, Boca Raton, FL 33486
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